Posts in the film business
    
    
    
  
  
    
      
      The Wrong Kind of Women and Why I Never Knew I was One Until Now
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagAcademy Awards, ageism, ageism in hollywood, dreams, female filmmakers, female screenwriters, Naomi McDougall Jones, netflix, rejection, screenplays, sexism in hollywood, success, The Wrong Kind Of Women, Women in Film, women in Hollywood, writing
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Why I think mentorship programs and diversity initiatives are a bunch of B.S.
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagAcademy Awards, Athena Film Festival, athena list, benedict cumberbatch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, coverfly, diversity in hollywood, Hollhywood diversity, jennifer aniston, LGBTQ in Hollywood, mentorships in Hollywood, Meryl Streep, oprah winfrey, Out of Africa, People of color in Hollwyood, Reese Witherspoon, screenwriting competitions, screenwriting fellowships-, script consultants, Script notes, scripts, Sloan Foundation Grant, steven spielberg, success, tom hanks, William Goldman, Women in Film, women in Hollywood
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Blue Skies Ahead
      
        
      
      
        Cannes Film Festival, hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, UncategorizedThe Art of the Handbagdreams, Film Festivals, netflix, Red Carpet, screenplays, self awareness, self worth, success, writing
       
      
    
  
    
      
      This Week in Screenwriting
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the Handbagaustin film festival, black list readers, denise hewitt, denise hewitt the problem with pattern matching, dreams, failure, netflix, rejection, screenplays, scriptd, scripts, success, The Black List, the black list script, writing
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Screenwriting Truly Ain't for Sissies...
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, WASPS, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagAcademy Awards, diane drake, dreams, Lucky 13, Melissa Silverstein, screenplays, scripts, sloan foundation, the secret of crossbone hill, Women in Film, women in world war two, women pilots, Womens Airforce Service Pilots, writing, writing about screenplays, writing about writing
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      When Giving Up Isn't Giving In and Other Unexpected Tales of Success
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, WASPS, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagAcademy Awards, amazon, apple tv, Athena Film Festival, Barnard College, chelsea clinton, Denise Meyers, failure, hillary clinton, making it in Hollywood, Melissa Silverstein, netflix, Nicholl Fellowships, not making it in Hollywood, Red Carpet, Reese Witherspoon, rejection, screenplays, scripts, sloan foundation, stories about women, success, Sundance, sundance institute, WASP, why is it so hard to make it in Hollywood, writing
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Failure is Overrated and Other Myths About Rejection as a Path to Your Dreams
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, Lady Gaga, screenwriting, the film business, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagA Star is Born, Academy Awards, Denise Meyers, denise meyers screenwriter, dreams, failure, giving in, giving up, oprah winfrey, Oscars 2019, Red Carpet, rejection, scripts, self awareness, self worth, Stephani Germanotta, success, The Beatles, the benefits of failure, U2
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Rejection, Faith and Persistence, Or How to Survive the Hollywood No.
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, women and filmThe Art of the HandbagAcademy Awards, American Zoetrope, Brian Grazer, Cannes Film Festival, Dale Chihuly, Denise Meyers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Imagine Impact, Meryl Streep, Nicholl Fellowships, Ron Howard, Screencraft, Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship, Screenwriting, screenwriting competitions, script competitions, script pipeline, scripts, Stowe Story Labs, Sundance, Sundance Episodic, the page awards, The Writers Lab, women and screenwriting, woolf lapin agency
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Hollywood, Schmollywood
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, UncategorizedThe Art of the HandbagAcademy Awards, Bessie Stringfield, Cannes Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, film business, Film Festivals, film noir, Frank Lloyd Wright, House of Cards, Jay Ellis, leslie bibb, Red Carpet, robin wright, sam rockwell, screenplays, short film, Sundance, Women in Film
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Writing About Writing When You Are Getting Nowhere Fast is like Shopping When You Are Hungry.  You Probably Shouldn't, but  Who's Going to Stop You?
      
        
      
      
        Cannes Film Festival, hollywood, robin wright, screenwriting, the film business, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagBryan Lourd, CAA, Facebook, Facebook screenwriters, Film Festivals, George Clooney, International Screenwriters Association, ISA, Jason Momoa, Josh Donen, Mike DeLuca, NYSFA, Sundance, Sundance Writers Lab, The Writers Lab
       
      
    
  
    
      
      The Ugly Truth...
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      The red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival and coming home to my day job.
      
        
      
      
        Cannes Film Festival, hollywood, screenwriting, the film businessThe Art of the Handbag70th anniversary Cannes, Cannes Classics, Denise Meyers, Festival de Cannes, Grand Hyatt Martinez, Harvey Weinstein, Kering Women in Motion, leslie bibb, michael godere, nini le huynh, Paul Norton, Red Carpet, robin wright, sam rockwell, The Dark of Night, Thierry Fremaux
       
      
    
  
    
      
      How My Short Film Made it to the Cannes Film Festival
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, women and filmThe Art of the Handbagcallie thorne, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival Anniversary, Dave Dunlap, Denise Meyers, film business, film noir, House of Cards, leslie bibb, michael godere, nini le huynh, robin wright, sam rockwell, short film, The Dark of Night
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Women's History Month and the Myth of the Female Writer
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the Handbag#askhermore, @ava, Academy Awards, arraynow, arraytoday, Atlanta Film Festival, Bessie Stringfield, female screenwriters, film business, Lucky 13, Reese Witherspoon, Rose McGowan, screenplays, seriesfest, short film, WASP, Women in Film, womens history month
       
      
    
  
    
      
      You're No One in Hollywood...
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, women and film, Women and HollywoodThe Art of the HandbagAtlanta Film Festival, Bernie Brillstein, Bessie Stringfield, female screenwriters, film business, HBO Access, Hidden Figures, laura powers, Lucky 13, Prairie View Co-Eds, Ride the Wind, screenplays, screenwriting competitions, Scriptapalooza TV, Sherrie Tucker, Swing Shift, The Bessie Stringfield Story, The Motorcycle Queen of Miami, Uptown and Downbeat, WASP, women in world war two, women pilots, Womens Airforce Service Pilots
       
      
    
  
    
      
      The Art of Waiting
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, women and filmThe Art of the HandbagBessie Stringfield, Blue Cat Screenplay Challenge, Brad Pitt, film business, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hidden Figures, Leonardo diCaprio, Mamah Cheney, Ride the Wind, Women and Hollywood, Women in Film, Women in Moving Pictures, Zero Draft Thirty
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Don't Tell Me No.  Seriously.  Just Don't Do It.
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, Uncategorized, women and filmThe Art of the Handbagageism in hollywood, David Dunlap, Denise Meyers, film business, film noir, film roles for women, House of Cards, leslie bibb, Lucky 13, New York Film Academy, NYFA, robin wright, sam rockwell, screenplays, screenwriting classes, sexism in hollywood, short film, Table Read My Screenplay, The Athena Film Festival, The Athena List, The Dark of Night, Women and Hollywood, Women in Film, Women in Moving Pictures, Womens Airforce Service Pilots
       
      
    
  
    
      
      The Dark of Night
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, UncategorizedThe Art of the Handbagathena list, beau gordon, callie thorne, David Dunlap, denise hewitt, Denise Meyers, film noir, House of Cards, leslie bibb, maryland film commission, Melissa Silverstein, michael godere, nini le huynh, robin wright, sam rockwell, short film, The Dark of Night
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      How to become an overnight success in thirty years or less
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film business, UncategorizedThe Art of the Handbag4 Percent, Bessie Stringfield, Cheryl Bedford, Cheryl L Bedford, Craig Ross Jr, Freckle Films, Kathryn Kolbert, Lupita Nyong'o, Melissa Silverstein, Meryl Streep, New York Women in Film and Television, NYWFT, Ride the Wind, The Athena Film Festival, The Athena List, The Writers Lab, Women and Hollywood, Women in Film, Women in Moving Pictures, Womens Airforce Service Pilots
       
      
    
  
    
      
      THE BEST LAID PLANS Or Why Being a Screenwriter Makes You Want to Rip Your Head Off and Throw It Across the Room
      
        
      
      
        hollywood, screenwriting, the film businessThe Art of the HandbagA League of Her Own, Academy Awards, actresses in search of good roles, Bryan Lourd, Cassian Elways, Dream Works, Emma Stone, film business, film roles for women, Jennifer Lawrence, Lucky 13, Meryl Streep, Paramount, Pearl Hart, Reese Witherspoon, screenwriting classes, Taylor Swift, The Black List, The Creative Artists Agency, the New York Film Academy, the Nicholls Fellowships, Women in Film